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The Valley of Fear
by Arthur Conan Doyle
I'd like to thank Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection audiobook for allowing me to revisit this delight again.
I agree with everything I said previously. The Stephen Fry foreword at the beginning of this part of the audiobook allowed me to gauge a deeper understanding of the times when the Valley of Fear was wrote and why it was so prominent in its times (and so prominent now). I adore this book even though 45% takes place without Holmes and Watson.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a craft master - 5*
There is no doubt that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the best crime writer and in my opinion, the best writer of all time. He crafts his stories so beautifully. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are well-established characters by the time of the Valley of Fear. Doctor Watson even says that he gets tired of Sherlock Holmes- how is that even possible?
45% of this novel takes place without Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in the second-half of the novel to fully explain the murder. It's surprising that Conan Doyle doesn't need his trusted characters to develop and extend a plot further. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's written has grown beautifully.
I read this book when I was in secondary school. I did not read these in order because i was new to detective and crime novels. They weren't really common beforehand and so when I first read Sherlock Holmes, I engulfed them.
I have not reviewed the book until today because I think this book deserved a full review with my full emotions after reading the novel. This is one of the least-read Holmes books I've read, just because of the lack of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson - I strive for that relationship. It's such a beautiful companionship.
I agree with everything I said previously. The Stephen Fry foreword at the beginning of this part of the audiobook allowed me to gauge a deeper understanding of the times when the Valley of Fear was wrote and why it was so prominent in its times (and so prominent now). I adore this book even though 45% takes place without Holmes and Watson.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a craft master - 5*
There is no doubt that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the best crime writer and in my opinion, the best writer of all time. He crafts his stories so beautifully. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are well-established characters by the time of the Valley of Fear. Doctor Watson even says that he gets tired of Sherlock Holmes- how is that even possible?
45% of this novel takes place without Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in the second-half of the novel to fully explain the murder. It's surprising that Conan Doyle doesn't need his trusted characters to develop and extend a plot further. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's written has grown beautifully.
I read this book when I was in secondary school. I did not read these in order because i was new to detective and crime novels. They weren't really common beforehand and so when I first read Sherlock Holmes, I engulfed them.
I have not reviewed the book until today because I think this book deserved a full review with my full emotions after reading the novel. This is one of the least-read Holmes books I've read, just because of the lack of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson - I strive for that relationship. It's such a beautiful companionship.